Through the Lens of Israeli Cinema: A Review

This review essay examines three recently published books on Israeli cinema. Raz Yosef’s The Politics of Loss and Trauma in Contemporary Israeli Cinema; Anat Y. Zanger’s Place, Memory and Myth in Contemporary Israeli Cinema; and Miri Talmon and Yaron Peleg’s edited volume, Israeli Cinema: Identities...

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Published in:Jewish film & new media 2015-10, Vol.3 (1), p.220-231
Main Author: Harris, Rachel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Essays
Film criticism
Heroism
Jewish nationalism
Jewish people
Legendary places
Masculinity
Memory
Motion picture directors & producers
Motion pictures
Movies
Politics
Propaganda
Queer culture
Trauma
War
World literature
Zionism
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Summary:This review essay examines three recently published books on Israeli cinema. Raz Yosef’s The Politics of Loss and Trauma in Contemporary Israeli Cinema; Anat Y. Zanger’s Place, Memory and Myth in Contemporary Israeli Cinema; and Miri Talmon and Yaron Peleg’s edited volume, Israeli Cinema: Identities in Motion. It considers the ways in which Israeli cinema is inextricably linked to the history of Israeli nationalism and reflects on the treatment of this issue within these three texts. Examining major issues in the field and considering theoretical models relevant to the individual essays, chapters, and books, this essay offers a context from which to explore Israeli cinematic scholarship.
ISSN:2169-0324
2169-0332
DOI:10.13110/jewifilmnewmedi.3.2.0220